Saturday, May 13, 2006
When I applied to UGA, I sent a letter with the application. In that letter I argued that if I was accepted to their program and attended their school, I expected that my grades would rise as I would have a great burden and stressor (church demands, rules, and obligations) removed. I've just completed my second year at UGA since the transfer and so now is a good time to look and see if I was right:
BYU GPA at time of transfer: 2.5
UGA-only GPA: 3.37
Total GPA of both together: 2.89
It may be possible to argue that my performance at UGA has been better simply because I am more used to the college environment, but since I spent 3 years at BYU, I think there was enough time for any new-to-college burns to even out. It is also possible that the difference may be due to the fact that for the first two years at BYU, Computer Science was my declared major. This certainly had an effect because I did not score well in the Calculus II or Physics classes that I took. I did do well enough in the other CS classes. Either way, while both of these other influences may take a portion of the credit, I still say that this is pretty clear evidence that UGA was the better environment for me, at least academically.
This semester was a very difficult one but I managed to pull out of it well:
Sensation and Perception: A
Psychology of Parenting: A
Sanskrit II: B
Developmental Psychology: B